Apple scam don't get caught
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I had a text telling me that I needed to reset my Apple ID account at Apple-uk.com
If you visit the site it looks just like the Apple ID login screen. I used a bogus email and password and it lets you in and tells you that your account is locked and that you need to update details.
Please let everyone know on your social media etc.
I have reported it to Apple.
If you visit the site it looks just like the Apple ID login screen. I used a bogus email and password and it lets you in and tells you that your account is locked and that you need to update details.
Please let everyone know on your social media etc.
I have reported it to Apple.
Only one? Blimey - I get about a dozen of the things every day, either text or email.
"Please follow this link to reset your Apple ID/SonyEntertainmentNetwork/Bank/Building Society/EMail/CreditCard Password"
If I had to warn someone every time one arrives, it would take up a large chunk of my day!
"Please follow this link to reset your Apple ID/SonyEntertainmentNetwork/Bank/Building Society/EMail/CreditCard Password"
If I had to warn someone every time one arrives, it would take up a large chunk of my day!
All you have to do is hover your mouse over the link. See what the address it wants to take you to, ie. www.billsbookstoreofiowa rather than www.apple.com and then mark it as junk/phishing scam
CoolHands said:
Thing is, apple don't have anyone you can report that site to, which is a bit bad I think. It is quite well done so my mum or dad would easily fall for it. But who to report it to to take it down?
That's because Apple don't give a s
t about consumers as long as they keep blindly following the Apple fashion herd. This despicable company is current bricking phones that have been repaired by third parties instead of authorised Apple repairers.Mr2Mike said:
That's because Apple don't give a st about consumers as long as they keep blindly following the Apple fashion herd. This despicable company is current bricking phones that have been repaired by third parties instead of authorised Apple repairers.
+1t about consumers as long as they keep blindly following the Apple fashion herd. This despicable company is current bricking phones that have been repaired by third parties instead of authorised Apple repairers.I really dont know how apple get away with it.
There isn't an obvious route for reporting a phishing site...nonetheless they do have a page about reporting phishing attempts which is more focused on those coming from emails. You could try sending a few details that way.
It's probably also worth reporting it to your mobile network by forwarding it to 7726.
ETA: If it arrived as an iMessage (blue chat bubbles instead of green for normal texts) the link above has specific instructions.
ETA: Derp, you already reported it!
It's probably also worth reporting it to your mobile network by forwarding it to 7726.
ETA: If it arrived as an iMessage (blue chat bubbles instead of green for normal texts) the link above has specific instructions.
ETA: Derp, you already reported it!
Edited by tomjol on Sunday 7th February 11:01
Mr2Mike said:
CoolHands said:
Thing is, apple don't have anyone you can report that site to, which is a bit bad I think. It is quite well done so my mum or dad would easily fall for it. But who to report it to to take it down?
That's because Apple don't give a st about consumers as long as they keep blindly following the Apple fashion herd. This despicable company is current bricking phones that have been repaired by third parties instead of authorised Apple repairers.I had a text from paypal telling me to reset my password too. One way to see if its genuine is to hold down the link and look at the URL. Another way is that the name at the top should be Paypal/Apple instead of a 5 digit mobile number. Be careful of the paypal one because I can see quite a few people getting fooled by it.
DS197 said:
I had a text from paypal telling me to reset my password too. One way to see if its genuine is to hold down the link and look at the URL. Another way is that the name at the top should be Paypal/Apple instead of a 5 digit mobile number. Be careful of the paypal one because I can see quite a few people getting fooled by it.
Or just NEVER follow a link in a text, message or email and ALWAYS type in the correct URL yourself.marshalla said:
Or just NEVER follow a link in a text, message or email and ALWAYS type in the correct URL yourself.
Well most of the general public aren't exactly computer literate in the sense that they know how to find out if something is a scam/phising attempt. Plus I don't think everyone on pistonheads is either. Either way, I was just bringing to light a new scam that people on here may not be aware of.My Mac got some unwanted malware last week. I followed a link from a photographer's website (One I've bought prints from) to another site (to look at the RNLI project work by Jack Lowe, a master printer. Instead of taking me there it went to some pottery site called fragilepottery, which then took over the home page and search page defaults of both Firefox and Safari.
I changed these and eventually stopped it going to their sodding site but had two pieces of malware picked up, quarantined and then deleted. It tok a while to find all the places it had hidden the main culprit - AppSo.
Annoying that following what probably were legitimate links from a kosher site has been screwed and leads to this.
I changed these and eventually stopped it going to their sodding site but had two pieces of malware picked up, quarantined and then deleted. It tok a while to find all the places it had hidden the main culprit - AppSo.
Annoying that following what probably were legitimate links from a kosher site has been screwed and leads to this.
UK345 said:
Any text that you receive which flashes up with a company name or a name you don't have saved on your phone is a scam. When I was selling a car I had Brian, Paul and John contact me asking me to email them. People are very sad
Gonna be some sweet sounds...comin' down, on the nightshift....CoolHands said:
Thing is, apple don't have anyone you can report that site to, which is a bit bad I think. It is quite well done so my mum or dad would easily fall for it. But who to report it to to take it down?
No, they don't. Well, apart from reportphishing@apple.comETA : Oops, sorry tomjol, beat me to it
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